28 held over barbaric murder of editor

The kidnappers of a Sudanese newspaper editor subjected him to a kangaroo court trial before slitting his throat and decapitating him, according to the country's justice minister. He says 28 people are being held in connection with the murder of Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed, who was kidnapped in September after critics accused him of publishing blasphemous articles about the prophet. Ahmed, editor-in-chief of the independent daily Al-Wifaq, was snatched from his Khartoum home by masked gunmen the day before his body was found. The 28 suspects are being interrogated and could face trial. (Via Independent Online)